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The Zebrafish, Latin name Danio rerio, is a model organism commonly due to the ability to observe development in the transparent embryo.
As explored by Verkerk AO and Remme CA. (2012), zebrafish can be used to research 'cardiac (patho)electrophysiology and ion channel disorders'. According to Verkerk and Remme (2012), zebrafish and humans embryonic and mature heart rates and electrocardiogram morphology which resemble each other enough to make them a useful research tool.
The zebrafish fulfils the requirements of a model organism by:
being small, not taking up too much space in the lab, having a swift maturation period.
Many charities researching heart disease have even advertised the use of zebrafish in their research, such as the British Heart Foundation's 'Mending Broken Hearts Appeal' due to the zebrafish's apparent ability to 'regenerate' its heart.
Their original video can be found here: Mending Broken Hearts (2011)
Sources:
(Front Physiol. 2012;3:255. Epub 2012 Jul 10.)[PMID: 22934012]
doi:10.3389/fphys.2012.00255